Alaska State Troopers report that there is no evidence of a third party involved in the death of two Emmonak residents discovered in a residence in Emmonak on Thursday. Troopers responded to the community of Emmonak on Thursday to find two individuals dead in the community there. 44-year-old Louis Kelly and 38-year-old Mary Aketchunak, both […]
Alaska State Troopers report via the trooper dispatch that they responded to a shooting at a Sterling residence at 4:39 pm on Sunday. Troopers say a 44-year-old Sterling man called, in reporting that 31-year-old Nikiski resident John Rutherford had shot himself, and was dead at the scene. Troopers responded and conducted an investigation at the […]
Anchorage police, at a news conference on Thursday, revealed the names of the family found dead in their south Anchorage home on Wednesday. They were identified as 24-year-old Curtis Young, 27-year-old Desiree Leandra Gonzalez, 4-year-old Zaiden Young, and 17-month-old Zarielle Young. Police announced on Thursday that the incident was determined to have been isolated in the home […]
In a report released by the Violence Policy Center, statistics showing the death rate per capita of gun related deaths versus motor vehicle deaths, Alaska gained the dubious distinction as the state with the highest gun death rate vs motor vehicle death in the country. The report, the fourth annual report to be released by VPC, showed […]